Abstract

Experiential metaphor is a user-centered design approach and methodology that I developed for my thesis project. This approach can be applied to a design to influence a user's perception or design process to facilitate the designer's concept ideation. The intention of this approach is to create a pleasurable product experience and a positive emotional response through interaction with the product and interpretation of its meaning. Grounded in meaning association, which is correlated with non-linguistic cognitive metaphor and human emotional models, four different levels of experiential metaphor are formed by the synthesis of the metaphor structure and levels of emotional elicitation. The design of these two application projects demonstrate the value of experiential metaphor in successful design. Meanwhile, the challenges and limitation are discovered and can be a useful reference to design methodology execution.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Industrial design--Psychological aspects; Household appliances--Psychological aspects

Publication Date

9-21-2015

Document Type

Thesis

Student Type

Graduate

Degree Name

Industrial Design (MFA)

Department, Program, or Center

School of Design (CIAS)

Advisor

Stan Rickel

Advisor/Committee Member

Alex Lobos

Advisor/Committee Member

Esa M. Rantanen

Comments

Physical copy available from RIT's Wallace Library at TS171.4 .G86 2015

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

Plan Codes

IDDE-MFA

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